Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

Acting

Born: 1925-11-20 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Biography

Maya Plisetskaya was a Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship. She danced during the Soviet era at the Bolshoi Theatre under the directorships of Leonid Lavrovsky, then of Yury Grigorovich. In 1960 she became prima ballerina assoluta of the company.

Known For

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

Self

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

princess Betsy

Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky

Desire

Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

Self

Ballerina

Ballerina

Herself

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

No Poster

The Little Humpbacked Horse

M.K.C. Zodiakas

M.K.C. Zodiakas

Муза

Stars of the Russian Ballet

Stars of the Russian Ballet

Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")

Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...

Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...

Carmen Suite

Carmen Suite

Carmen

New Year's Abduction

New Year's Abduction

Plisetskaya

Lady with a Lapdog

Lady with a Lapdog

No Poster

World's Young Ballet

The Little Humpbacked Horse

The Little Humpbacked Horse

Queen Maiden

New Year's Calendar

New Year's Calendar

Mariinsky Theatre

Mariinsky Theatre

Self

Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance

Swan Lake

Swan Lake

Odette / Odile

Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known

Self

Fantasia

Fantasia

Khovanshchina

Khovanshchina